ノンフィクションには、答えを出すことしかできない。問い掛けるのはフィクションの仕事だ。 - リチャード・ヒューズ (1900 - 76)
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All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. - Richard (Arthur Warren) Hughes (1900 - 76)
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